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Confessional writings of the Lutheran Church and other information essential to understanding the confessions. The Late Theodore G. Tappert, a distinguished church historian and author, was Schieren Professor of the History of Christianity at Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. He was also archivist of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod and a consultant to the Lutheran Church in...

[I] THE TEN COMMANDMENTS In the Plain Form in Which the Head of the Family Shall Teach Them to His Household1 THE FIRST “You shall have no other gods.”2 2 What does this mean? Answer: We should fear,3 love, and trust in God above all things. THE SECOND “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.”4 4 What does this mean? Answer: We should fear and love God, and so5 we should not use his name to curse, swear,6 practice magic, lie, or deceive, but in every time of need call
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